# Vehicle Calibration & Test Supervisor

**Company**: Ford Motor Company
**Location**: Dearborn, MI
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Manufacturing
**Industry**: Automotive
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44294

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## Description

At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress.

As part of our Manufacturing team, you’ll help build smart vehicles. Within our plants, we’re constantly developing new technologies and processes to increase efficiency.

**In this position...**

The Vehicle Calibration and Test (VCT) Supervisor leads vehicle calibration and test development, launches, validation, and ongoing plant support for North American programs.

## Responsibilities

The Manufacturing Vehicle Calibration and Test (VCT) Supervisor will be a part of this team and be responsible for the following:

- Provide VCT manufacturing engineering leadership throughout a new model development program from KO through launch.

- Ensure compliance to the GVOSS (Global Vehicle Operations Structured Standards) and Ergonomic standards for calibration and test system installations.

- Develop and implement improvements to process tooling software (SW) and hardware (HW) using data from the Dashboard Reporting Systems.

- Support NML and program launch reviews as required including validating scorecard updates.

- Lead capital project teams to develop capital appropriations requests and manage the projects from concept through commissioning.

- Lead costing for test implementation and find acceptable cost reduction opportunities.

- Provide onsite prototype build support at North American Manufacturing Assembly Plants. Travel within US, Canada and Mexico for installation, launch support and issue resolution may require up to 70% of dedicated time onsite.

- Coordinate all pre-launch EOL validation events from DCV through MP2.

- Assist plant & implementation teams in resolving EOL performance issues.

- Lead the lessons learned feedback loop to drive Process Driven Product Design standards.

## Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Manufacturing), or Similar Technical degree.

- 5+ years’ experience in Final Assembly Process & Tooling Development.

- Strong computer skills (Excel, Power Point, etc.).

- Ability to operate in stressful situations within timing constraints.

- Ability to work with minimal direct supervision.

- Extended travel to assembly plants in US, Canada, and/or Mexico required.

- Leadership communication skills consistent with reporting out to Director and VP level leadership.

**Even better, you may have...**

- Automotive manufacturing experience / supplier project management skills.

- Extensive knowledge and experience in FAE tooling installation and commissioning.

- Knowledge and experience in failure mode avoidance methodology.

- Knowledge and experience in diagnostic validations methods and tools, processes and engineering deliverables.

- Experience with optical measurement and calibration systems.

## Benefits

- Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage.

- Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more.

- Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more.

- Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases.

- Tuition assistance.

- Established and active employee resource groups.

- Paid time off for individual and team community service.

- A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day.

- Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

## Skills

### Required
- manufacturing engineering
- vehicle calibration
- test development
- leadership
- communication skills
- Excel
- Power Point

### Nice to have
- automotive manufacturing experience
- supplier project management skills
- FAE tooling installation and commissioning
- failure mode avoidance methodology
- diagnostic validations methods and tools
- optical measurement and calibration systems

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